debunk是什么意思？

debunk

英[ˌdi:ˈbʌŋk] 美[diˈbʌŋk]

• vt. 揭穿真相，暴露；

第三人称单数：debunks;

过去式：debunked;

过去分词：debunked;

现在分词：debunking;

例句

• Other accounts of Celtic history debunk these stories as myth. 凯尔特语的历史其它帐户揭穿这些故事作为神话.
• So let's debunk some of the most common falsehoods. 那么,让我们来揭穿一些最常见的谬误吧.
• It is this tradition that Lewis sets out to debunk. 路易斯要抨击的正是这种传统.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• VERB
  指出…的错误;揭穿…的吹嘘（或虚假）
  If you debunk a widely held belief, you show that it is false. If you debunk something that is widely admired, you show that it is not as good as people think it is.
  例句
  Historian Michael Beschloss debunks a few myths. 历史学家迈克尔·贝施洛斯破除了几个不实传言。 ...the Frenchmen of the enlightenment who debunked the church and the crown. 揭露教会和王室真相的启蒙运动时期的法国人

英汉词典释义

• vt.
  揭穿真相, 暴露
  Some advertising slogans should be debunked. 某些夸大的广告用语应予揭露。

英英词典释义

• Verb
  1. expose while ridiculing; especially of pretentious or false claims and ideas;
  "The physicist debunked the psychic's claims"